Radim Salda’s power play goal, his first in the “Q”, with 4 and a half minutes remaining in the third period was the game winner as the Saint John Sea Dogs won their first game of the season, 3-1 over Cape Breton.
In the NFL, Graham Gano hit a 48-yard field goal as time expired as the Carolina Panthers stunned the New England Patriots 33-30. Both quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Cam Newton each threw for more than 300 yards. Newton also celebrated a touchdown run with a clenched fist to signify, he says, black power….Rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as the Houston Texans scored the most points in franchise history, 57-14 over Tennessee…..Buffalo got two late field goals to stun Atlanta 23-17 and improve to 3 and 1…….The Los Angeles Rams converted 7 field goals in a 35-30 win over Dallas and last night, Seattle downed Indianapolis 46-18. In other play, it was New Orleans 20 Miami 0…..Cincinnati 31 Cleveland 7….NY Jets 23 Jacksonville 20 (OT)…..Detroit 14 Minnesota 7…..Pittsburgh 26 Baltimore 9……Arizona 18 San Francisco 15 (OT)…..Philadelphia 26 Los Angeles Chargers 24….Tampa Bay 25 NY Giants 23 and Denver 16 Oakland 10.
The Major League regular season ended with the Toronto Blue Jays edging the New York Yankees 2-1 and the Boston Red Sox losing to Houston 4-3…..The Yankees will host Minnesota in the American League wildcard playoff tomorrow night with the loser eliminated. Elsewhere, it was Oakland 5 Texas 2……Philadelphia 11 NY Mets 0…..San Francisco 5 San Diego 4…..Pittsburgh 11 Washington 8…..Los Angeles Angels 6 Seattle 2…..Atlanta 8 Miami 5…..Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Colorado 3…..Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 0….Minnesota 5 Detroit 1….Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 1…..Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 1….Arizona 14 Kansas City 2 and Cincinnati 3 Chicago Cubs 1.
In the Atlantic Football League, the U-N-B Saint John Seawolves lost to the U-N-B Red Bombers during Homecoming Weekend, 55-0.
The Harbour View High School girls softball team is heading to the regionals after defeating St. Malachy’s 14-4 over the weekend.
The Fredericton Loyalists rugby team won the McNair Cup, 45-19 over the Belleisle Rovers.
